art of rally

I came to this game expecting a purely arcade experience. I knew I misunderstood the assignment the moment I reached my first turn and flew off straight into a tree. Don't be fooled by the cute low poly graphics and the rally cars, this game has some of the most realistic physics in a non-sim game I've ever played. It took me a while to learn, but when I did I became so hooked I basically only played the career mode of this game and nothing else for a week straight.

Strong 8/10, there were some minor performance issues but nothing extraordinary.

10/10, This game is made with passion and love
This game is one of the rare car racing games that actually gets me excited. Low poly art style, sounds, handling, gameplay and career mode are great. Game doesn't have dumb internet connectivity requirements or stupid microtransactions, It is filled with a variety of beautiful maps, passion and a lot of fun! The lighting is very beautiful too. Also, when you are passing under trees, a camera effect disables leaves so you don't have visibility issues while driving from top-down view. Isn't that very creative? I enjoyed the easter egg (van) hunt a lot. It is a proper way of giving the player a reason for cruising and sightseeing in stunning maps.
This is a fun oriented comfort game with chilling atmosphere and no stress.

Art of Rally is a casual "rally game", where you can experience an alternative history of rally and drive cars from different eras in 7 countries.
Getting into the game is easy, control scheme is plain and simple and you can change the difficulty level and the damage rate to adjust the gameplay you looking for, most assists helps you to control the car. Other than that the game looks "casual", it's colorful and has simple shapes and effects, it's good to look at it. Soundtrack is fitting for the experience, I would say it's relaxing. Multiplayer is still somewhat active. It has some easter eggs which is car or rally related, people who are into this more can appreciate it for sure.
However for me Art of Rally has it's own set of difficulties, starting with the handling. Most assists helps you to keep the car on the tracks, but they make the handling weird and just makes no sense. Sometimes I have grip doing a slow corner, sometimes when I do the same I have no grip at all. A lot of times have to counter steer which is set too strong and that makes me lose control. In the other hand driving with no assist at all is somewhat better, but now the car either over steers or under steers at breaking, breaking without locking your wheels is impossible for me on controller. This is something which took a lot of frustration to get used to, but what I couldn't get used to is the respawn system, because if you just slide 10 meters from the track, you immediately get respawned and get a 5 seconds time penalty, even though I could have easily comeback on track. You have to also get used to the camera, which gives you a bird eye view of your car and surrounding and at first it's hard to determine corners and your speed, not even mentioning that foliage and buildings can block your view of the later part of the track, which makes it difficult to drive. Oh and yes, even though this is a so called rally game you have no co-driver for whatever reason, but that's the least of a problem to be fair.
AOR is not a bad game, but it depends on your preferences of racing games. If you interested in rally games and looking to get a casual, not so serious one, or just interested in time trial games, then you can give it a go with Art of Rally. To me, it's okay, but won't be my favorite. 25€ is expensive for this one, but for 7€ is a decent deal.

To say that this game is a sim would be incorrect. What it does, however, is boil down the rally driving experience to exactly what makes it, "it". The driving mechanics and physics FEEL real. As a person lucky enough to own a car that wouldn't be out of place in this game, and some fun places to drive it, this game captures the spirit of driving perfectly without any of the fat.

I feel so much passion, commitment and love from this game! Absolutely possitive vibe! Best realistic/fun handling I've seen so far (since 8-bit stone age 😜). Marvelous graphics, catching music.
First hours may be very challenging, but they are worth it.
Tips:
1) camera rotation to 60%. With default setup you won't feel the cars
2) use manual gears from the beginning, it's much easier than automatic after few minutes, trust me!
3) stability assist and ABS off
Make sequel, please!

At first a little whacky to get used to controlling the cars, but very good physics. Most vehicles are rear wheel drive up until Group B so you get used to the RWD handling and get confident. Got to group B and though screw it, max difficulty and max damage XD
Went from being first in most events to dead last! couple more hours of finding the right car for me and getting used to 4WD and I finally got a win!! Every car feels so different and unique its genuinely stunning to play!

I got this game thinking it would be another small racing game for my collection that I would play every once and a while. Then I did my first time attack and was surprised by the difficulty so I tried again... and again... and again. I spent the first 4 hours on that race trying to slowly climb the leader board and once I finally got to my goal of top 3000 (Ik that's not amazing but it was good for me) I felt so satisfied. I cant even begin to say how much I recommend this game! Its challenging and unforgiving but extremely satisfying once you get a hang of it plus the low polly art style kept a light mood even when I got frustrated. So if ur looking for a unique and challenging rally racing game with a cool art style and realistic physics you should definitely try out art of rally.